Canto 10: The Summum Bonum | Chapter 89: Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna Retrieve a Brāhmaṇa's Sons |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.89.50
tamaḥ su-ghoraḿ gahanaḿ kṛtaḿ mahad
vidārayad bhūri-tareṇa rociṣā
mano-javaḿ nirviviśe sudarśanaḿ
guṇa-cyuto rāma-śaro yathā camūḥ
SYNONYMS
tamaḥ — the darkness; su — very; ghoram — fearsome; gahanam — dense; kṛtam — a manifestation of the material creation; mahat — immense; vidārayat — cutting through; bhūri-tareṇa — extremely extensive; rociṣā — with its effulgence; manaḥ — of the mind; javam — having the speed; nirviviśe — entered; sudarśanam — the Sudarśana disc; guṇa — from His bowstring; cyutaḥ — shot; rāma — of Lord Rāmacandra; śaraḥ — an arrow; yathā — as if; camūḥ — at an army.
TRANSLATION
The Lord's Sudarśana disc penetrated the darkness with its blazing effulgence. Racing forward with the speed of the mind, it cut through the fearsome, dense oblivion expanded from primeval matter, as an arrow shot from Lord Rāma's bow cuts through His enemy's army.
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